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Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
The Jews of Eastern Europe–Online
Last night, I attended the opening event for an amazing new informational Jewish website, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s ...
Celebrate, JOFA's Torch, Purim
For Just Such a Crisis
Purim is behind us. The kitchen counter is littered with nosh from lavish Purim baskets. There’s a lingering ringing in ...
Beliefs & Practices, Clothing & Appearance, Pray, Study
Men’s Head Covering in Synagogue: Reform Judaism’s Views
Changing ideas about whether men should wear a kippah (skullcap) during prayer reflect development and maturation of American Reform attitudes toward tradition.
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Not a Historical Record
Earlier this week, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel and discussed whether anything new can be ...
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
An immigrant's memoir of intergenerational conflict.
Israel, Israel History, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Modern Israel, Study
The Beginnings of the Territorial Conflict
An overview of Israel's relationship to the Sinai, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights, 1948-67.
Zaftigs in Boston Is All About Classic Deli Food and Curvy Jewish Matriarchs
And they are serving up bowl after bowl of Nanny Fanny's chicken soup.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature
Anzia Yezierska’s “Bread Givers:” A Lens on the Beehive of the Lower East Side
In "Bread Givers," her 1925 novel, Anzia Yezierska explored a world of pushcarts and tenements.
How Summer Camp Became A Jewish Thing
A history of this iconic institution in American Jewish life.